Republicans can actually do work in Congress only if
they think elections are at stake

post from BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash on 16 May 2008 11:42:55 AM. © BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash

Congress can feel like a jungle in passing legislation. -- Chad

In the jungles of Congress, there are two main species: Democraticus hardworkus and Republicanus status quous. Unfortunately, neither of them will ever become extinct. But we are starting to see strange patterns in the Republicanus status quous.

We saw 35 Senate Republicans vote with the Democrats on a $290 billion farm bill. We saw Republicans vote with Democrats to temporarily halt shipments of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

When the Republicanus status quous ruled the jungle between 1994-2006, they never feared about being perceived at not getting lots of legislation done. Heck, they thought shutting down the government was a great idea. They would go into elections not with a cry of "Look what we did" but more like "Look at what we didn't do." And their base loved it.
Bookmark/Search this post with: buzzflash | delicious | digg digg | technorati Technorati Tags: Be-Elected 2008 race Congress Democrats Republicans Minneapolis bridge collapse